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THE FIRST BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>SAMUEL</span><br/> OTHERWISE CALLED<br/> THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS
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CHAPTER 10
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Samuel anoints Saul to be captain over the Lord’s inheritance—Samuel manifests gift of seership—Saul prophesies among the prophets, and the Lord gives him a new heart—He is chosen king at Mizpeh.
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Then</span> Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured <i>it</i> upon his head, and kissed him, and said, <i>Is it</i> not because the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/10/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 1: 34.">anointed</a> thee <i>to</i> <i>be</i> captain over his inheritance?
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When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
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Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
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And they will <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/10/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Judg. 18: 15.">salute</a> thee, and give thee two <i>loaves</i> of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
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After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where <i>is</i> the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/10/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 3: 15.">pipe</a>, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
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And the Spirit of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will come upon thee, and thou shalt <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/10/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Holy Ghost, Gifts of.">prophesy</a> with them, and shalt be <sup>b</sup><a href="1_sam/10/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Pet. 1: 4.">turned</a> into another man.
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And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, <i>that</i> thou do <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/10/7a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE whatever occasion demands.">as</a> occasion serve thee; for God <i>is</i> with thee.
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And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/10/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 13: 9.">burnt</a> offerings, <i>and</i> to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
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&#182; And it was <i>so,</i> that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/10/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Man, New, Spiritually Reborn.">heart</a>: and all those signs came to pass that day.
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And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/10/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 19: 20.">prophets</a> met him; and the <sup>b</sup><a href="1_sam/10/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Man, New, Spiritually Reborn.">Spirit</a> of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
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And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What <i>is</i> this <i>that</i> is come unto the son of Kish?  <i>Is</i> Saul also among the prophets?
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And one of the same place answered and said, But who <i>is</i> their father?  Therefore it became a proverb, <i>Is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/10/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 19: 24.">Saul</a> also among the prophets?
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And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
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&#182; And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye?  And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that <i>they were</i> no where, we came to Samuel.
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And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
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And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found.  But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
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&#182; And Samuel called the people together unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> to Mizpeh;
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And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, <i>and</i> of them that oppressed you:
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And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/10/19a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Adversity.">adversities</a> and your <sup>b</sup><a href="1_sam/10/19b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Tribulation.">tribulations</a>; and ye have said unto him, <i>Nay,</i> but set a <sup>c</sup><a href="1_sam/10/19c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Kings, Earthly.">king</a> over us.  Now therefore present yourselves before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> by your tribes, and by your thousands.
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And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
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When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
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Therefore they <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/10/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Prayer.">enquired</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> further, if the man should yet come thither.  And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
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And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/10/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 9: 2.">higher</a> than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
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And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath chosen, that <i>there is</i> none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
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Then Samuel told the people the manner of the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/10/25a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Governments.">kingdom</a>, and <sup>b</sup><a href="1_sam/10/25b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Scribes; TG Scriptures, Writing.">wrote</a> <i>it</i> in a <sup>c</sup><a href="1_sam/10/25c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Scriptures, Lost.">book</a>, and laid <i>it </i>up before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.  And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
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&#182; And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
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But the children of Belial said, How shall this man <sup>a</sup><a href="1_sam/10/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 11: 12 (8-15).">save</a> us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents.  But he <sup>b</sup><a href="1_sam/10/27b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE ignored them.">held</a> his peace.
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